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July 2020
Birthday of IM Lawrence H Cooper (16-vii-1970)
IM Lawrence Hugh Cooper, photograph from Cathy Rogers BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Lawrence Cooper (16-vii-1970) Lawrence was born in Stone, Staffordshire and attend Walton High School, Stafford. Lawrence Cooper, Demis Hassabis, Cathy Hasslinger and Dharshan Kumaran in around 1986. Possibly at a Lloyds Bank event. He became a FIDE Master in 1989 and then an International Master in 2001. Lawrence was awarded the FIDE International Organiser title in 2011 and the FIDE Arbiter title in 2016. Tim Dickinson…
Find out more »Birthday of FM Michael H Barnes (16-vii-1965)
FM Michael H Barnes Birthday of FM Michael H Barnes (16-vii-1965)
Find out more »Birthday of IM Nigel Edward Povah (17-vii-1952)
IM Nigel Povah BCN wishes IM Nigel Edward Povah all the best on his birthday, July 17th in 1952. Nigel Povah, from Knightmare, Volume 2 (1976-77) drawn by Chris Jones. Nigel was born in Wandsworth, London and his mother's maiden name was Hall. He became a FIDE Master in 1980, an International Master in 1983 and an International Correspondence Master in 1983. He became England's 7th ICCF GM in 1989. Nigel has been Southern Counties champion on more than one…
Find out more »Birthday of GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (19-vii-1968)
GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Birthday of GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (19-vii-1968) From Wikipedia : In 1985, when she won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls, held in Dobrna (and taking silver in Adelaide three years later). Very soon thereafter, she fulfilled the criteria for the Woman International Master title and this was awarded in 1986. Encouraged by these early successes, she quickly developed aspirations to become a Women's World Championship contender and in the course of the qualification cycles of the…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Sir George Alan Thomas (14-vi-1881 23-vii-1972)
Sir George Thomas, President of the Anglo-Soviet Chess Circle. Captain of the British Team Death Anniversary of Sir George Alan Thomas (14-vi-1881 23-vii-1972) Signature of GA Thomas from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Hastings Christmas Congress, 1945-1946 From The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford, 1977) by Harry Golombek : "British international master, born in Constantinople (previously Byzantium and currently Istanbul : Ed.) His mother (Lady Edith Margaret Thomas : Ed) was one of the strongest English women players,…
Find out more »Birthday of FM Marcus Ross Harvey (24-vii-1996)
FM Marcus Ross Harvey Birthday of FM Marcus Ross Harvey (24-vii-1996)
Find out more »Birthday of GM Anthony Cornelius Kosten (24-vii-1958)
Tony Kosten Birthday of GM Anthony Cornelius Kosten (24-vii-1958) Streatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten, Mark Hedben, Daniel King, Nigel Povah (Captain), Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team Tony Kosten
Find out more »Death Anniversary of WFM Jessica Laura Corey Gilbert (30-i-1987 26-vii-2007)
Death Anniversary of WFM Jessica Laura Corey Gilbert (30-i-1987 26-vii-2007) Interesting article by Alexander Barron
Find out more »Birthday of Demis Hassabis (27-vii-1976)
Birthday of Demis Hassabis (27-vii-1976) Lawrence Cooper, Demis Hassabis, Cathy Hasslinger and Dharshan Kumaran in around 1986. Possibly at a Lloyds Bank event.
Find out more »Birthday of FM Graham David Lee (27-vii-1953)
Birthday of FM Graham David Lee (27-vii-1953)
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